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How to transfer your contacts from Iphone 3G to MY touch 4G

2011-01-31T01:46:00.000-05:00

So I just received my new MY touch 4G and I must say it’s an Iphone killer. Then task of transferring my 243 contacts arises. Called T-Mobile to find out if I can use their MobileLife backup service to do it and I was told that is not compatible with the My-Touch 4G quite yet.
So I googled a few ideas and none seemed to work but at 4:00 in the morning after trying the whole night I had an idea. See, I synced my Iphone contacts to my windows address book (WAB) and uploaded it to my network drive. I then went back to my My Touch and attempted to import my contacts from the file (WAB) I had just created but the message on the phone indicated that the file it was looking for is in Vcards. I googled a wab converter and came upon a software called SysTools.vCard.Export.v4.0.

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The man who reinvented the keyboard -- twice

2011-01-07T21:18:00.001-05:00

By Mark Milian, CNN
January 5, 2011 7:07 a.m. EST | Filed under: Innovation

San Francisco (CNN) -- Cliff Kushler wants to talk to dolphins.
But in the meantime, he'll settle for helping humans communicate better.
In the 1990s, Kushler invented a cell phone technology called T9, which helped launch the text messaging phenomenon. And before that, he developed a once dominant language input gizmo for the disabled.
Now Kushler, 58, is rethinking the keyboard again with Swype.

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MOTOROLA XOOM - Android Smart Tablet - Overview - Motorola Mobility, Inc. USA

2011-01-07T13:10:00.000-05:00

Checkout the New Motorola Xoom

Why iPhone, Android Won't "Replace" BlackBerry on Wall St. Anytime Soon

2010-09-15T10:47:00.001-04:00

Wall St. bank JPMorgan is security testing iPhones and Android devices. But it's not time to say Bye-Bye, BlackBerry just yet.

Computer containing 7,000 CUNY students' personal information stolen weeks ago.

2010-09-07T15:19:00.004-04:00

CUNY is flunking security.

" Red-faced officials at City College of New York, one of the colleges of The City University of New York, sent warning letters to 7,000 students telling them a computer containing personal information - including their names and Social Security numbers - had been stolen a few weeks ago.

The desktop computer was password-protected, but students and parents are still worried about the possibility of identity theft, "ABC Eyewitness News" reported Monday night. "

Cloud Computing: It's No Y2K Bonanza for IT Consulting Industry

2010-08-06T18:41:00.000-04:00

" Consulting, systems integration and outsourcing vendors must prepare themselves for life in the cloud, too, says Forrester Research. For traditional IT service providers, cloud is bad news in the short term, but is it really good news in the long term? "

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Microsoft Exchange or Google Apps? Govt agency goes Google.

2010-08-06T18:38:00.001-04:00

Source: Google

James Ferreira, CIO for the New Mexico State Attorney General's office, had a choice to make to support his growing organization: upgrade to a more costly enterprise license for Microsoft Exchange or find a business grade alternative at a better price. Google Apps Premier Edition emerged as the clear winner.

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City of Orlando Cuts Costs by Over 66% with Google Apps

2010-08-06T18:34:00.003-04:00

Source: Google

When Conrad Cross, CIO for Orlando, got his budget cut and lost two experienced IT administrators, he knew he had to find another solution to replace the city’s legacy email and communications infrastructure. After considering the usual options, Cross found a compelling value proposition in a cloud-based solution offered by Google Apps.

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BlackBerry Apps: Four Types to Avoid

2010-07-29T23:26:00.003-04:00

Not every BlackBerry application is all it's cracked up to be. CIO.com's BlackBerry expert Al Sacco highlights four types of BlackBerry apps you'd do well to avoid. Read More

R.I.P. Windows XP SP2

2010-07-14T15:51:00.000-04:00

" Microsoft on Tuesday officially retired Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), the company's most significant service pack, several security experts said.

"Windows XP SP2 was a game changer," said Wolfgang Kandek, chief technology officer of Qualys, a California-based security risk and compliance management provider. "

Microsoft confirms Russian spy was employee, report says

2010-07-14T15:49:00.000-04:00

" Microsoft has confirmed that the "12th alleged member" of the recently exposed Russian spy ring worked for Microsoft at the company's headquarters in Redmond, Wash., according to a new report by the Bloomberg news service. "

Microsoft punches Cisco, VMware in the eye with Windows Azure Appliance

2010-07-14T15:32:00.000-04:00

" The Windows Azure Appliance that Microsoft announced on Monday combines cloud services and virtualization with an on-premises flexible server, networking, storage. Partners for the device include Dell, HP, Fujitsu. Sound familiar? It should. The appliance takes on the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) platform, a product that heartily contributed to Cisco's estrangement with HP. HP has made it a mission to offer a networking product portfolio that lets users build a 100% Cisco-less environment. "

Bad iPhone 4 reception? Apple: Don't hold your iPhone 4 that way!

2010-06-25T18:42:00.000-04:00

"Now that the iPhone 4 has been out for more than a day (at least in some parts of the world), it’s only logical that a number of bugs have popped up. It seems the biggest one has to do with reception. Apple’s response? It’s you’re probably holding the phone the wrong way."

Industry Groups Support Obama IP Enforcement Plan

2010-06-24T18:56:00.000-04:00

"One U.S. senator questioned why search engines and Internet service providers don't block customers' access to pirated music and movies online, and representatives of the U.S. movie and music industries praised a new plan by President Barack Obama's administration to crack down on intellectual property violations, during a Senate hearing Wednesday."

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